 | "But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is the essence of real human love, feels the presence of the cherished child even in the debased, degraded man."
- George Eliot
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| "I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me.
They have clung to me all my life."
- Abraham Lincoln
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| "My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."
- Mark Twain
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| "God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers."
- Jewish Proverb
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| "Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall;
A mother's secret hope outlives them all."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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| "Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee
Calls back the lovely April of her prime."
- William Shakespeare
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| "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."
- Oscar Wilde
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| "My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her."
- George Washington
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| "There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it."
- Chinese Proverb
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| "I never knew how much love my heart could hold until someone called me 'mommy'."
- Unknown
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